Monday, 23 July 2012

A New York
drug lord Frank White (Christopher Walken) is being driven in his limousine
back into the city following his release from prison. His crew are busy taking
out a rival Columbian gang who have been encroaching on White’s business while
he’s been away. Once he’s back White wastes no time in taking out more of New York’s crime lords
and cements himself as the King of New York. Disgruntled that they are never
able to get charges to stick, a few wild Police Officers decide that the only
way to stop White and his gang is to take them out.

Featuring an impressive cast which alongside Walken includes
gangsters Laurence Fishburne, Steve Buscemi, Giancarlo Esposito and Theresa Randle with Cops Wesley Snipes, Victor Argo
and David Caruso the film is a tale of good vs evil, but as you’d expect the
lines between the two are blurred. Although not in the same league as the likes
of Scarface, Carlito’s Way or Serpico all of which share themes with
this, it is a decent gangster picture.